Social media are defined as web-based technologies to transform and broadcast media monologues into social media dialogues. Social media have been modernized and are growing every day. They have become the new tool for businesses and are a popular networking device for the general public. Networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are the most common sites used among today’s generation to socialize with friends and others. As of today, Facebook is dominating social media.
Because the term itself is so broad, a lot of the public are unaware that social media cover a range of websites. Some examples of social media websites include social bookmarking, wikis, social networking and social news. The main idea for social media is two-way communication. These sites allow you to interact with the site and interact with other visitors.
An assignment that was given to our class was to research any social medium and explain its usefulness. Although I am a big fan of social media and I use a lot of my social networking sites, I didn’t know about the majority of the social sites that were introduced in class. Bitly, which was my social media tool, is a URL- shortening service. It is mainly used for Twitter to shorten or condense your characteristics since you are limited to 140. It is convenient for those long URLS that no one wants to remember or type into the search engine.
As social media continues to grow, the world of communication will continue to change.
Posted by Marri at 9:39 PM
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- Marri Mitchell
- I am a 4th year PR student, from the beautiful city of Tallahassee, Florida. I currently attend Florida A&M Universtiy. In life I have many goals, and I am currently acheiving one of them by obtaining my degree. I hope to continue to studying and working in PR and I'm considering grad school. I hope you are encouraged to read my blog posts!
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